Holding Her Last Breath: Just 3 Days
Here's Chappie 6! This possibly took 3 days to re-edit and finish because it appears when I was looking over the original document I found that I only had about 93 pages of this up. And I know that I typed more, which means that a large chunk of this was taken out (so now I have to retype it DX!!)
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Though Sakura was enjoying herself, Sasuke wasn't so lucky as he recalled the events from that morning…
After Sakura had discovered that he was the "ghost" behind all her missing clothes and found an outfit that hadn't "gone missing" Sasuke was forced to watch TV while she was with the girls.
But after a half hour without his pretty pink-haired girlfriend livening the large Uchiha mansion, Sasuke found that he was completely and utterly…
BORED.
But of course, this didn't last too long. Because once again, Naruto had appeared (apparently kicking the door open).
A large, fox-like grin appeared on his face, and by his side was none other than Inuzuka Kiba; grinning just as wide.
Sasuke looked at the two that had just barged into his house with a slightly startled expression as the two blocked the TV.
"Dobe, Kiba." The Uchiha acknowledged as the two seemed to grin even wider (is that even possible?) and exchanged looks. "Oi, teme. We're kidnapping you." Naruto declared.
Obsidian eyes stared at him skeptically. "You're kidding."
"Heh, why would we be kidding?" Kiba asked as they grabbed Sasuke by his arms and hoisted him up.
"Put me down." Sasuke commanded as the two began to drag him towards the door.
"Nope, sorry! I ran into Kiba on my way over here." Naruto reasoned as they put on his shoes. The Uchiha raised a brow at him. He grinned "I know Sakura-chan's with Hinata-chan and the girls. So I got bored."
Ah. Which meant entertain-me-Sasuke-I'm-lonely.
He began to wriggle out of their grasp. "Not a chance-"
"Who says you have a choice? This is kidnap remember?" The brunette responded evilly before giving Naruto a look. Cobalt eyes sparkled menacingly as he nodded.
That's when Kiba grabbed Sasuke's wrists while Naruto grabbed his ankles.
The Uchiha truly was being kidnapped.
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"Dobe where are you taking me?" Sasuke demanded as he glanced at all the people looking at the two men carrying Sasuke like a log.
Naruto grinned. "Ichiraku's! Where else teme?"
He should've known. But it hadn't been too long since Sakura and Hinata made them breakfast…his stomach truly was a bottomless pit…
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"Itadakimasu!" Naruto said loudly as he started to slurp up his 3rd bowl of ramen. "I donno how you do it." Kiba gawked as the blonde continued to devour the noodles.
"If I didn't see Naruto eating his ramen so fast I'd think the worst." Shikamaru chuckled as he appeared and sat beside Kiba.
"Shkawmawru!" The blonde exclaimed he stopped in middle slurp and let the noodles fall down his chin.
"Loud as ever, I see." Neji added as he sat on the other side of Sasuke, who was sitting on Naruto's left. Sasuke looked at him with a cold glare. "Hyuuga." He acknowledged.
"Uchiha," the brunette retorted as he ordered tea. "Haven't seen you around lately."
Sasuke closed his eyes. "I have my reasons-"but his voice was drowned out when Naruto finished eating and wrapped arm around his neck. "That's 'cause Tsunade baa-chan's been running teme dry with missions!"
"Sakura's been running herself dry too. Teach that troublesome woman not to work so hard. Every time I stop by the hospital for Ino I run into her." Shikamaru added. Everyone knew Ino was a demanding, emotional woman. They later found out that she believed Shikamaru didn't give her enough attention. So when he wasn't busy he visited her at the hospital which led to small conversations with Sakura.
Sasuke said nothing to this. He hadn't been aware of Sakura working so hard. In fact, he hadn't paid attention to it.
"Perhaps that's why I haven't heard any commotion coming from the Uchiha mansion." Neji smirked which got the men's attention. Naruto gave an evil grin. "Heheh. Even Sasuke-teme here doesn't have enough stamina to satisfy Sakura-chan with all the missions he's been getting. Maybe that's why she works so hard-"
Sasuke grabbed Naruto's collar and gritted his teeth. "Dobe-"
"Naruto must be right Uchiha, if we got a rise out of you." Neji replied. His smirk widened at this. The raven-haired man gave him a glare. "That's none of your business."
"C'mon Sasuke we're just kiddin' around. No need to start civil war. Sheesh," Kiba grumbled, but then he exchanged smirks with the guys. "But since you DID get all pissed off...spill."
Sasuke gave them a dull expression. "Spill what?"
"Y'know teme. Tell us how you and Sakura-chan get down." Naruto grinned as he elbowed him in the stomach which earned him a glare. Why would he want to know what his former teammates did when they were…'alone'? The thought sickened him.
"I'm not obligated to tell you anything."
"Ya don't have to be shy, Sasuke! We've all heard stories in town. We're friends 'member?" Kiba added, a grin also appeared on his features, which seemed to make the red markings on his cheeks get bigger.
Glare. "Go find your mutt."
"Don't have to! Akamaru's with my sis at the clinic." He replied. The Inuzuka's elder sister was Konoha's skilled veterinarian, and over the years Kiba's faithful canine companion had gotten so enormous, he could no longer take him around in his jacket (that he had discarded for more fitting clothing).
"Well if YOU won't I WILL!" the blonde exclaimed as he gestured the men to come closer. "See, me and Hinata-chan decided that we'd go over to get Sasuke-teme and Sakura-chan for breakfast today, but we ended up staying at their place. Teme took FOREVER to get dressed and Sakura-chan went with them, so I thought they were…y'know." He paused to grin slyly.
The men nodded, urging him to go on. Sasuke gave him a you're-going-to-die-just-you-wait glare before he went on. "Anyway, so when they FINALLY came down it looked like nothing ever happened! And SASUKE-teme here told me that I would know they were doing it 'cause-"
"Naru nii-san!!" exclaimed a tiny, girl with short chestnut colored hair and lavender-eyes that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and leaped onto the blonde's back.
"Gah- M-Miya-chan?" Naruto exclaimed as he loosened the girl's hold on his neck and set her down.
"Miya don't go running o...oh-Naruto?" Tenten asked as she suddenly appeared in the doorway. Her gaze then turned to Sasuke, Kiba, and Shikamaru who all waved without a word.
Then to Neji, who looked at her with a surprised expression.
For a second, things were completely silent. But then all of a sudden-
Sching!
Suddenly, a kunai appeared in Tenten's hand and aimed for Neji's neck, who blocked it with a kunai of his own. The men simply watched in amusement.
"What is this Neji-kun?" she demanded as she smiled at him but forcefully tried to bring the kunai closer to his neck.
"Exactly what it looks like, Tenten." He replied calmly, but from a distance, it appeared that he was gritting his teeth. As wife and former teammate the woman was no pushover
Naruto leaned over to Sasuke, Kiba and Shikamaru. "Tenten's pissed…" he whispered.
"How can you tell?" Kiba asked as he stared at the woman who was wearing a smile on her face.
"Her and Hinata-chan kinda act the same when they're mad…they give that freaky smile and all hell breaks out." The blonde shivered at the thought. Kiba also shuddered. Before him and Hinata had been dating, he had known her better than anyone else; since they were comrades. And though he had never truly seen it, he could tell that the Hyuuga had a temper– if she was pushed far enough.
"He looks pretty calm to me." Shikamaru added, but studied them closely. They heard that during her pregnancy, Neji had to hide all her weapons for he had found one morning his hair had become mysteriously shorter than the night before, but he appeared to well aware of her temper and the fact that she carried various weapons around.
"YOU told me you were going to be at home!! What're you doing here?!"
"The answer to that is clear, Tenten." Neji replied calmly.
"Oh? And what's that?!"
"The same reason why you and Hinata went to see Sakura and Ino."
Sching! Sching!
"Don't get smart with me Hyuuga!"
"Jeez, Neji's standing up to Tenten…I mean they used to be teammates and all but besides Sakura-chan Tenten scares me the most…" Naruto whispered. After a year of dating Hinata, he had moved into the Hyuuga Compound with Neji and Tenten. And often he had heard their squabbles.
One particular fight included the sound of kunai hitting a wall. Occasionally he heard a painful yell from Neji, and eventually nothing.
Shikamaru sighed while keeping his eyes on the squabbling couple. "Mattaku…"
Sasuke, on the other hand, kept silent and suddenly imagined him and Sakura arguing. Though she had never gotten angry with him before, he was very much aware of her monstrous strength for she had used it many times on Naruto and the people who stood in her way on a mission.
At times, it was hard to think that the innocent and helpless pink-haired girl he had protected years ago turned out to be a very independent woman who was far from helpless or weak.
"You-"Tenten began, but noticed their daughter wobbling over to them with innocent lavender eyes. "Kaa-san, Tou-san?" she asked, which made the two stop glaring at each other.
"Do you hate each other?" she finished with big tears forming in her eyes. Though she was no older than 4 ½ , she had a wide vocabulary and could successfully speak in full sentences.
Tenten let go of the clump of Neji's hair (that she had been pulling) with a defeated sigh and picked up their daughter. She wiped her tears away. "Of course not, Miya-chan. We love each other."
"Then...why are you fighting? Hina nee-san and Naru nii-san never fight...so why do you?"
"Err…Well-"
"Even those you hold closest to you fight." Neji answered. Tenten gave him a thankful smile. The Hyuuga rose and took hold of his daughter. He turned to his friends, who were looking at him expectantly.
"We'll talk later." He replied and turned to leave with his family.
"NEJI!!" Naruto called (very loudly might I add) before he left. Which caused the family to turn back. He grinned. "Tenten probably knows, but Hinata-chan and me planned for all of us to meet tonight. Like the old days. So you better be there!"
A tiny, rare smile appeared on the Hyuuga's lips. Though when they were young, he had despised Naruto for trying to deny his destiny, after he clearing up his relationship with Hinata and the blonde had begun dating her, he developed a different type of respect for him. And just as Sasuke had, the two became close and accustomed to each other's company.
"Right. Until then," and with that, he disappeared out of the tiny noodle shop.
"Y'know what? I think Neji likes being a family man." Naruto replied. The remaining men nodded in agreement. Then he turned to Kiba. "Ah– that reminds me...Kiba we're all married or dating except you right?"
Kiba's cheeks turned a pale pink as a grin appeared on his face. "Nope. Not anymore at least."
"EH?! Dog-boy actually FOUND someone's leg to hump?"
"SHUT UP NARUTO!"
"Who is she? Anyone we know?" Shikamaru asked. Kiba shook his head but a smile crept onto his face as he spoke her name. "Her name's Miki. She's an intern for my sis. Akamaru really likes being around her but…"
"But what?" Sasuke asked suddenly which caught the men off-guard. The Uchiha had been quiet for so long they had forgotten he had even come.
"She really digs this guy Shiro. But he's really sick and stuff so I've never seen him. She's the only one that takes care of him so sometimes she looks like she hasn't slept or doesn't come to the clinic."
"It's like one of love drama series Sakura-chan and Hinata-chan made me watch a couple times!" Naruto suddenly remembered as he stood dramatically. Then, he threw an arm around the Inuzuka's shoulder's. "You like this chic Miki who loves another guy! Do ya plan on stealing her away from this guy?"
Kiba gave him a strange expression which seemed to say you-know-about-these-things-way-to-much-for-a-guy before looking away. "It's not my style."
"But this guy's probably gonna croak any second! That's when you have the perfect chance to comfort her in need and go in for the kill!" the blonde replied slyly. But the man with the red markings on either sides of his face frowned at this. "Unlike you I'm not a dick who'd do that."
"Mendokuse…You're gonna be alone all your life if you keep talking that way." Shikamaru added as he rested his elbows behind him and on the counter-top like table. "Instead of focusing her time on a guy whose dying she should consider dating you."
"Yeah, yeah! Whatever- what about you and your 'troublesome' woman?" Kiba replied in annoyance. Shikamaru sighed. "Troublesome as ever…but I plan on proposing to her soon."
"Congrats man!"
But the man shook his pineapple-like head. "I don't have a choice. Ino wants me to get down on one knee and make it all romantic because she's been planning her wedding since we were kids."
Sasuke thought about the loud blonde woman that had been obsessed with him when they were kids. But after Sakura had been chosen to be on Team 7 and not her, somehow she strayed away from her obsession and captured the heart of the young "lazy" genius; the Nara boy who never seemed to show any interest in anything that didn't have to do with a shogi board or cloyd watching.
"…Sometime this week. I better get going though. I'm taking her shopping." He finished. When he stood up, Sasuke was brought out of his thoughts. After talking a little more with Naruto about how Shikamaru was whipped, Kiba left as well.
Which left the two former members of Team 7.
"Hey Sasuke-teme, wanna go for a walk?" Naruto asked with a grin. With a hn, the two paid for their ramen, got up and left the noodle shop.
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"Jeeeeeez it's cold out! The weather sure is crazy this year. I mean first it snows, then it stops, then it gets so cold I'm practically freezing my balls off!" The blonde exclaimed loudly as he stretched and put his arms in the back of his head as the two walked down the streets together side-by-side.
"Hn."
The two were quiet for awhile before the cobalt-eyed man curiously asked. "Sooo besides dog-boy you're one of the few guys form Rookie 9 that isn't married or engaged."
"What's your point?"
"Well you should know how Sakura-chan feels about you. Do you feel the same about her?"
Sasuke thought about this. What exactly did he feel for Sakura? Love right? Was love that feeling of contentment he got when he was around her? Or the warm complete feeling when she was nuzzled against him at night? Or maybe it was the grief he felt when he spent those nights alone when she was dead…
"I don't know." He replied quietly as he ran a hand through his raven hair and avoided his blonde best friend's horrified cobalt-eyed stare.
"What- what do you mean you DON'T know how you feel about Sakura-chan! Are you retarded or something?!" Naruto demanded loudly as he came to a complete stop. This made Sasuke sigh. Sure, he should have been able to say "yes" but, the truth was, he didn't know.
After all, he hadn't truly realized how much he needed Sakura until she died. But now that she was alive, could he honestly say he felt the exact same as her? Sakura had loved him unconditionally since they were kids when he closed her off from his heart…but she never stopped loving him…
And because he had never been given the chance to love…could he really say…he loved Haruno Sakura?
"Answer me teme!" Naruto commanded as he grabbed his collar. "Aren't you happy with her? Can you honestly picture yourself with another girl besides Sakura-chan? Because she can't!"
"I don't need to answer that." Sasuke responded But this only seemed to make him angrier. "Yes you do! Sakura-chan's like my sister…She talks about you all the time…she's so much in love with you it hurts- So how the fuck can you say that you DON'T feel the same?!"
In a way the man was completely and entirely right. The time he'd spent with her, over the year he had returned had been some of the best days he had had in a long time. She brought the happiness and serene feelings he had felt before the Uchiha massacre.
She made him happy.
"If you don't know for you sure you don't deserve to be with her-"
"…tell me how." Sasuke interrupted quietly which caught the man off guard. "Huh?"
"Tell me how to tell her…what she means to me." The raven-hair grumbled. Only this got a smile out of the sun-kissed blonde haired man. "Man, Sakura-chan really IS rubbing off on you! You're speaking in complete sentences now!"
"Dobe…"
"I'm just kiddin'. How 'bout 'I love you'? Hinata-chan fainted when I first told her. But of course you're pretty much socially retarded soooo you wouldn't know the effec-"
WHACK!
"IIIITAIII!! Sasuke-teme!! You know I'm right! I was just telling the truth."
"Hn."
The two walked through the streets of Konoha quietly, yet the silence wasn't awkward, just peaceful.
Even though Sasuke seemed indifferent and anti-social towards the noisy, cheery blonde, the one man Uchiha Sasuke could trust was Uzumaki Naruto.
Former teammate, rival, best friend, brother.
And he knew it.
So no matter what type of fight or situation the two got in, Sasuke and Naruto had always been and always would be close.
"Sooo teme,"
Glance.
"Do ya plan on stringing Sakura-chan along all your life or you gonna go ahead and pop the question to her already?" the blonde grinned.
"We've only been living together for a few months, dobe." Sasuke responded plainly, but he couldn't help but think about his beautiful flower in a flowing wedding dress, striding down the aisle to his side. All the while looking into his eyes with those mesmerizing and innocent emerald pools…
"That doesn't mean a damned thing teme! Just grow some balls and go through with it. I mean you guys haven't been dating for very long either. Not like you made it official like Neji and Tenten but I saw you guys in the training grounds and you coming out of her apartment early in the morning-"
'Was he stalking us or something??' the Uchiha thought wildly, but couldn't help but smirk at the memory.
Sakura had invited him over to dinner and the two watched movies all night. Though nothing happened, he fell asleep on her couch; with her on his chest.
If it wasn't for a mission early the next morning, he would have stayed.
"So yes or no?" Naruto asked curiously, which brought Sasuke out of his thoughts for the 100th time that day.
"To what?"
The spiky-haired blonde gave an exasperated sigh. "Are you gonna propose to Sakura-chan!"
The Uchiha looked at him skeptically. First, everyone wanted him to show Sakura just how much she meant to him, and now they wanted him to propose?
What did the world WANT from him??
But a reassuring pat on his shoulder made him look at the cobalt-eyed man who simply grinned at him. "I'm just messing with you teme. Do it when your ready."
"Aah." Sasuke replied before breaking away from his friend. "Later dobe."
"Ah- where're you going?"
"I'm gonna find Sakura." He replied before lifting a hand in his goodbye and walking towards the Uchiha mansion, silently acknowledging the blonde reminding him to be back later that evening to reunite with Rookie 9.
But of course, meeting up with his old friends was the farthest thing from his mind at the moment.
Because the only thing on it was spending the rest of the night with a certain pink-haired woman waiting at home for him.
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"Sakura," he called. But there was no answer.
If the lights hadn't been on, he would've thought no one was home; as it had been when Sakura had died since Sasuke normally kept them off. He relied the sunlight shining in from the windows and at night since he was so accustomed to the house he had memorized each room.
As he walked through the house he didn't seem to find her. 'Is she even here?' he thought wildly. But relief washed over him after reaching the back of the house and his-their bedroom.
Because there Sakura was; lying on his bed, sleeping peacefully in one of his shirts. Her legs were bent as she pulled her knees more closely to her body.
"Sasu-kun…" she murmured quietly as he sat down next to her sleeping figure.
'Is she dreaming about me?' Sasuke thought as he stroked her hair, which he realized was damp, and kissed her lightly on the forehead. She whimpered in her sleep softly before dozing back off.
His heart warmed at the sight, which made him look more into the future. What if things were always like this? He would come home to her sleeping in one of his shirts, maybe even a child cradled in her arms…
"Y'know if Jii-sama allowed it, Sakura would've made one heck of an angel." A woman from behind him commented. Sasuke jerked his head in the direction of the voice but calmed slightly when he found Inari smiling at him.
"Did you stop time again?" Sasuke asked before standing. The busty angel nodded. "It's the rules." Then she let out a longing sigh as she sat beside Sakura's motionless body. "It must feel great to be in love; to have someone to love and protect."
"Hn." The man responded, but inside he couldn't agree more. Golden eyes stared at him intently. "You love her, right?" she asked suddenly which made him turn his obsidian eyed gaze onto her.
"I don't know."
Inari moved over to the window. "Mou, men really are clueless aren't they? I'm not supposed to interfere since it could change the course of time, but Naruto-kun is right. If you don't know for sure, you don't deserve to be with her after all."
Sasuke felt his breath getting caught in his chest with her words. Did even the angels feel this way?
But then, he stopped when he felt her hand on his cheek as she smiled warmly at him. "I'm just kidding. You've been away from her for so long, it's only human nature that your emotions are all mixed up! Just don't let your confusion get in the way of making the next 2 ½ days the best she's ever had." Then she leaned closer to his ear. "And I'm not just talking about the sex, Sasuke."
"What-"
"Mmh…Sasuke-kun?" Sakura called to him from behind, which made him turn around to look into her sleepy emerald orbs. "Who were you talking to?"
The Uchiha turned back to the window and realize Inari was no longer standing in front of him. Dismissively, he sat back down beside her. "No one," but his voice trailed off when she sat up and nuzzled her lips against his jaw affectionately.
"Did you have fun with Naruto and Kiba? He left me a note saying he 'borrowed' you so I had the house all to myself."
"Hn. I didn't have a choice but to go." He replied as he wrapped an arm around her tiny frame while she her damp pink head against his chest.
He felt her smile against his collar bone. "Don't be stubborn. They just missed you. And I know you missed them too. You've been so busy you haven't even had time for Naruto, ne?"
And this was true. For weeks it had been mission after mission; big and small, difficult or simple. He couldn't remember the last time he had gotten time to relax and actually talk to her.
"Hn."
After a few moments of silence, Sakura raised her head to peer into the man's obsidian pools. "How are Kiba and the guys?"
"Healthy like always." He replied plainly.. Though the two had never been close growing up, occasionally the Inuzuka wound up in the hospital after a mission since he had a similar personality to Naruto.
Which led to various and random conversations as she healed him. And a different kind of friendship between them formed.
And since she had known he had a mission a few days earlier, Sakura was relieved to hear he was alright.
"I'm glad. Is he seeing anyone? For as long as I could remember he hasn't dated anyone since that Yumi woman a couple years back…I didn't like that girl…"
"No. But he likes someone."
"Really?" this surprised her. "Who is she? Anyone we know?"
Sasuke shook his head. "She's an intern for his sister. Her name's Miki-"but once again his voice trailed off. Sakura's eyes brightened at the name. "Miki? I think I know a Miki! She's stopped by the hospital a couple times to get some prescription medicine for a friend who's really sick. Sometimes she comes by with a couple dogs to cheer up the patients."
He snorted at this, and it made her frown. "What's so funny?" she demanded as she leaned closer to him, which in turn made him lean back. "Nothing."
Though she gave him a skeptical stare, it curled into a smile when he leaned in to kiss her jaw. "Shikamaru's proposing to Ino by the way."
The pink-haired woman's smile widened at this. "Oh, I know."
"Oh?"
"Yup. Hinata told me."
Stare. Hinata didn't look like the gossiping type. Guess he was wrong.
"You look surprised. Hinata heard it from Tenten who overheard it from Kiba." She replied. but yelped and jumped when he grabbed a certain part of her side. A smirk played across his lips. He had forgotten she was ticklish.
"You shouldn't gossip, Sakura." Sasuke told her playfully as he straddled her waist and began tickling her wildly. "Ahhah!! No, no stop ah- Sasuke-kun stop-I'm sorry haha!!" she laughed squirming and kicking underneath him.
After a few minutes of her kicking, screaming and laughing, Sasuke stopped to gaze into her jaded orbs. Though they were unreadable, yet they glowed with something he couldn't understand.
Until they sparkled with unexplainable happiness.
Something he hadn't seen in a long time.
Her hands fell into the sea of his raven-hair before pulling him down for a kiss. Softly, she purred against his lips when Sasuke began nibbling on her lower lip; begging for entrance.
She flipped them over so she was now straddling his hips, careful not to break the kiss as his tongue explored her mouth.
"Sakura," Sasuke murmured against her lips when they broke away for air. "Hmm?" she asked happily as she stared into his obsidian pools and rested on top of him.
A smirk curled at his lips. "I know you aren't wearing a bra." His smirk widened when she sat up with a heavy blush on her face.
'That pervert! Since when did our make-out sessions turn into a feel-up?!' She thought before explaining herself."I-I took a bubble bath while you were gone…and most of my clothes mysteriously 'disappeared'- care to explain yourself Uchiha Sasuke?"
"Hn," Sasuke replied with a smirk as he stared up at her with fascination. He never realized just how beautiful Sakura was. How her hair got slightly disheveled from his ministrations and that it encircled her creamy, flawless features. Or how her large emerald eyes seemed to sparkle just for him. Or perhaps it was the fact that her petite for seemed to fit perfectly into the planes of his chest when she slept?
Whatever it was, Sakura had grown up to be the most beautiful woman he had ever laid eyes on. But even that was an understatement…
And she was all his.
"No matter," he replied darkly as his hand trailed up to her hip. Sasuke sat up so they were nose-to-nose. "Gives me less to take off." and with this, he rolled them over so she found herself on bottom again.
This made her blush, yet her eyes shone with amusement as he worked his callused hand under and up her shirt. Sakura bit her lip subconsciously as their eyes met.
But just as his hands reached its destination, the phone rang.
Sasuke gave a growl of frustration, but this only made the pink-haired woman under him giggle and kiss him lightly before hurrying out of the room to answer it. The raven-haired man laid back on his pillow and stared up at the ceiling as he idly heard her talking to someone.
After a few minutes his flower returned, her features looking serene.
"Who was it?" Sasuke asked as she said beside him and touched the hand that had instantaneously wrapped around her tiny waist. "A nurse from the hospital. She wants me to go in early tomorrow."
Though he didn't speak, Sakura knew he demanded to know why. She smiled lightly. "A couple ANBU squads that were admitted earlier this week had injuries that didn't add up in there diagnosis. So Tsunade-sama wants me to look into their cases and compare the injuries that another group of ANBU received a couple weeks ago."
"Hn." Sasuke replied. He had a bad feeling about this, but pushed to the back of his mind when he felt her lips against his cheek. "But that's for tomorrow. Let's enjoy the rest of the night with the others." She told him softly before rising and pulling off the large dark shirt with the Uchiha emblem the front.
The man watched her standing there, with her back turned in nothing but pale pink panties and couldn't but fight the urge to toss her back onto the bed, rip off that damned, restricting piece of cloth and have his way with her.
Sasuke said nothing and walked over to her and embraced her tightly from behind.
A giggle escaped her lips as she reached behind her to play with his raven locks."Mou, Sasuke-kun I was already late because of that 'shower' earlier."
But when he said nothing, she turned around to face him. Her smile faded when she saw an unexplainable gaze on his flawless features.
"What is it?" Sakura asked him as she touched his face and tilted his head.
'Start with 'I love you'.'
"I-" Sasuke began, but stopped in between when he found himself trying to figure out the perfect way to tell her; to really tell her that he MEANT what he was about to say.
His fingers crept into her soft pink hair and leaned closer to her. And just as their lips met, he murmured those 3 words.
The three words that most say and don't mean. The three words that most are afraid of returning…the three words Uchiha Sasuke had never ever spoken. And those 3 words were…
"…I-love you…"
Sure Sasuke had tried to say it earlier, but hearing him actually say those three amazing words…
Left Sakura absolutely speechless.
TBC…
Sorry guys. This took forever to come out :O. But I wasn't sure how to end it. I'll try and update soon. Also, I might be co-writing a fanfic with Astrocam, author of her newest story Strike, in the near future :)!
Don't hold your breath…
xxasukachanxx
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